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Universal Basic Income and its Compatibility with Amartya Sen's Capability Approach/A Renda Basica Universal e a sua compatibilidade com a 'capability approach' de Amartya Sen
Parijs advocates for a basic income as a means of achieving a society that upholds individual rights and allows people to pursue their interests. For him, a just society has an enforced structure of rights; this structure is such that each person owns herself and permits each person to have the grea...
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Published in: | Seqüência (Florianópolis, Brazil) Brazil), 2023-08 (93), p.1 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Portuguese |
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Summary: | Parijs advocates for a basic income as a means of achieving a society that upholds individual rights and allows people to pursue their interests. For him, a just society has an enforced structure of rights; this structure is such that each person owns herself and permits each person to have the greatest possible opportunity to do whatever she wants. Conversely, Sen aims to enhance human life by expanding capabilities and promoting development through policy and political changes. For him, development has two aspects. Firstly, it pertains to evaluating improvements in human lives as an explicit development objective and employing human achievements as crucial indicators of progress. Secondly, the agency aspect focuses on what human beings can do to attain these improvements. In this article, we explore whether these theories share common ground and could be reconciled. Initially, we analyze Parijs' theory to understand the concept of basic income. Then, we study Sen's theory, focusing on functionings and capabilities. Subsequently, we inspect whether guaranteeing a income expands freedom. Ultimately, we conclude that the basic income is compatible with the capability approach but should not be implemented by itself The analysis employs the deductive approach method and the indirect documentary research technique. KEYWORDS: Basic Income. Capabilities. Functionings. Capability Approach. Parijs apregoa que a renda básica universal seria um meio de alcançar uma sociedade que defende os direitos individuais e permite que as pessoas sigam seus interesses. Para ele, uma sociedade justa tem uma estrutura de direitos que é imposta, essa estrutura é tal que cada pessoa é dona de si mesma e permite que cada pessoa tenha a maior oportunidade possÃvel de fazer o que quiser. Por outro lado, Sen visa melhorar a vida humana ao expandir as capabilities e ao promover o desenvolvimento por meio de polÃticas e mudanças polÃticas. Para ele, o desenvolvimento tem dois aspectos. Em primeiro lugar, refere-se a avaliar melhorias nas vidas humanas como um objetivo explÃcito de desenvolvimento e usar as realizações humanas como indicadores cruciais de progresso. Em segundo lugar, o aspecto da agency se concentra no que os seres humanos podem fazer para alcançar essas melhorias. Neste artigo, exploramos se essas teorias têm pontos em comum e se poderiam ser conciliadas. Inicialmente, analisa-se a teoria de Parijs para entender o conceito de renda básica. Em seguida, est |
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ISSN: | 2177-7055 |
DOI: | 10.5007/2177-7055.2023.e94241 |